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Chapter 37

           Hehadtoomanyladypatientswhoweresufferingfrom"weakhearts"and"declines."Heknew,andtheyknewheknew,thatslowstarvationwasthetrouble.Hecouldtellofconsumptionmakinginroadsonentirefamiliesandofpellagra,oncefoundonlyamongpoorwhites,whichwasnowappearinginAtlanta’sbestfamilies.Andtherewerebabieswiththinricketylegsandmotherswhocouldnotnursethem.OncetheolddoctorhadbeenwonttothankGodreverentlyforeachchildhebroughtintotheworld.Nowhedidnotthinklifewassuchaboon.Itwasahardworldforlittlebabiesandsomanydiedintheirfirstfewmonthsoflife.

           Brightlightsandwine,fiddlesanddancing,brocadeandbroadclothintheshowybighousesand,justaroundthecorners,slowstarvationandcold.Arroganceandcallousnessfortheconquerors,bitterenduranceandhatredfortheconquered.

           

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